The Thing on the Doorstep

By H.P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Feb 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781609773229

H.P. Lovecraft

Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 and lived most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. Among his many classic horror stories, many of which were published in book form only after his death in 1937, are ‘At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror’ (1964), ‘Dagon and Other Macabre Tales’ (1965), and ‘The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions’ (1970).

Reviews for The Thing on the Doorstep

[jefware · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A good old fashioned tale of that old time religion.

[sarahebear · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Brilliantly written and often super scary collection of some of H.P.Lovecraft's best work. This collection includes "The Dunwich Horror" and my favourite Lovecraft short story "The Music of Erik Zahnn" (Apologies for the spelling there). A must for lovers of horror and the occult.

[ralphcoviello · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This collection is part of a series of six volumes of Penguin Horror selected by film director Guillermo Del Toro who as Series Editor provides an introduction which covers the entire series while Lovecraft biographer S. T. Joshi acts as Editor providing an introduction as well as commentary on each story along with extensive endnotes. Lovecraft has a unique style which definitely creates an enveloping atmosphere and sense of dread. His stories of the fantastic frequently feature doomed characters, always male, confronting cosmic horrors that even when they survive with their lives are left broken in mind and spirit. If the telling and the tales get a bit repetitive I was still glad to have finally experienced the chills of Lovecraft's doom-laden oeuvre. I look forward to returning to his Arkham along the Miskatonic River and answering the call of Cthuhlu.

[ghost_boy-691444 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This took me a little longer than I thought. I love Lovecraft and like the majority of theses stories, but I found this one longer than the other collection I've read (The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories). There was one story called "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" that I thought went on a little too long, but I still enjoyed it, but maybe my least favorite in the book. That story was about 100 pages too long. My two favorite stories in this were "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" and "Under the Pyramids." I found it kind of neat Lovecraft ghost wrote a story for Harry Houdini. I still think Lovecraft is one of (if not) the best horror writers of our time. Good mix of Gothic New England, fearing the unknown, and writing about the human mind going insane. I have one more Penguin anthology I have to read and will save that for another time, but I highly recommend Lovecraft this time of year...or any if you want to feel like a mad man.

[caanderson-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another great book. Fast pace, gripping story. Pulls you on the first page.

[briarthorn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Still need to read At The Mountains of Madness

[stahl2ricco · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

"The Thing On The Doorstep" is a super creepy short story as only H.P. can do! It's a body/soul switching thing, steeped in mystery and the arcane arts that just freaks the reader out! Whew! But I did keep having one "weird" thought as the story progressed - did Edward and Asenath consummate their marriage? Eww...

[rameau_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

And this completes my reading of Lovecraft. Highlights: the title story, The Dunwich Horror, and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, his most terrifying work.

[grazianoronca_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

THE TOMB An horror short story written in June 1917.‘All things appear as they do only by virtue of the delicate individual physical and mental media through which we are made conscious of them.’ (p. 1)Jervas Dudley discovered the entrance to a mausoleum belonging to the Hyde family , whose house had burnt many years before.Jervas attempts to enter in the tomb, but he is unable; so, inspired by an example of Plutarch’s Lives, he decides to wait until it is his time to gain entrance to the tomb.After several years, while Jervas is sleeping beside the mausoleum, he believes to see a light from inside the tomb. He finds the key to the tomb and inside the mausoleum Jervas discovers an empty coffin with the name of Jervas Hyde upon the plate.Following again the example of Plutarch he starts to sleep inside the coffin, so to gain the name upon it.Jervas is awoken by his father and discovers that he has never been inside the tomb. A desire becomes dream, or nightmare: every person change with his consciousness the appearances of the things.